Ultrasonic Assessment of Myocardial Microstructure in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Sarcomere Mutation Carriers With and Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy [Forum for Early Career Clinical Investigation]

Conclusions— Our findings suggest that the SIC could serve as a noninvasive quantitative tool for assessing altered myocardial tissue characteristics in patients with genetic mutations associated with HCM. Further studies are needed to determine whether the SIC could be used to identify subclinical changes in patients at risk for HCM and to evaluate the effects of interventions.

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Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - September 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hiremath, P., Lawler, P. R., Ho, J. E., Correia, A. W., Abbasi, S. A., Kwong, R. Y., Jerosch-Herold, M., Ho, C. Y., Cheng, S. Tags: Clinical Studies, Cardiomyopathy, Echocardiography, Imaging, Ultrasound Forum for Early Career Clinical Investigation Source Type: research